THE Southern 500 Speedway closed out 2023 in style on Saturday, with their final night of competition headlined by the Modlite Victorian Titles and Portland’s leg of the F500 speedweek.
PORTLAND Memorial Bowling Club’s Leanne Evison is not someone to sing her own praises, but there’s only a handful of people in town who could claim to have had as much of an influence over the success of the sport in recent years.
FOR 41 years the family summer carnival has been coming to Portland, giving locals and visitors a fun way to kick off the end of year and start the new year.
LOCAL sailor Michael Doherty battled some tough conditions for the 2023 Sydney to Hobart yacht race with his boat Extasea eventually crossing the line at about 2.30am on Saturday morning.
THE Heywood Golf Club has not honoured all that many life members over its history, but Brad Koenig can now count himself among them as he was recently made their 11th inductee.
IF there’s one thing that John and Naomi Pye love about Portland Bowling Club, it’s the community spirit and active engagement that keeps them coming back year after year.